The 24×7 Chest Pain Clinic will have dedicated interventional cardiologists who would be working round the clock to provide the best treatments for all kinds of cardiac emergencies. The clinic will provide all cardiac services a patient needs under one roof so that they get the right treatment in the golden hour. The Clinic will also help people understand the symptoms and will also provide information regarding prevention of chest pain. Basic tests at the time of chest pain like ECG, Echocardiography screening and cardiac enzymes test will be done at the centre round the clock.

The Primary Angioplasty Support Group would be run by heart disease survivors who offer to share their experiences in a friendly and mutually supportive environment. The primary role of the group is to help patients with cardiac diseases to heal emotionally and physically and also to offer help to their near and dear ones who have heart related illnesses.

Speaking about the launch of Acute Chest Pain Clinic, Dr K Ravindranath, Chairman, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, said “There is steady increase in the number of people particularly young adults suffering with cardiovascular diseases in last few decades. Almost 50% of the affected patients arrive too late for appropriate treatment and the possibilities of saving life of the individual would increase if the patient receives treatment within one hour of the attack called the golden hour. Gleneagles Global Health City is the one of the premier institutes in Chennai which offers primary angioplasty round the clock and the Chest pain clinic which was launched today will enhance patient care by reducing time to treatment for patients suffering from Cardiac ailments”

Speaking about Primary Angioplasty Support Group, Dr Gobu, Cardiologist, Gleneagles Global Health City Said “People who had survived heart attack and who had undergone angioplasty are the members of the supporting group who will spread awareness on heart attack symptoms and on primary angioplasty. These members of the group offer the opportunity to talk with others whose lives have been affected by the similar ailments”.

“Heart attacks occur when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped. The stoppage happens when one or more of the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle are blocked and primary angioplasty is the complete cure to coronary heart blocks (Heart Attacks) done within the duration of first aid time itself and hence saving precious heart tissue from dying during the golden time said Dr Karthik Anjaneyan, Cardiologist, Gleneagles Global Health City

About Gleneagles Global Health City: The sprawling, 21-acre facility in Perumbakkam, Chennai is the largest facility of Gleneagles Global Hospitals India, with a capacity of over 1000-beds and accreditations from leading agencies. The facility is one of the best for advanced healthcare in India. The hospital offers the end-to-end spectrum of advanced healthcare facilities as well as excellent facilities for research and advanced education. The hospital has undertaken several path-breaking liver, heart, lung and kidney procedures. Accredited and recognized by several international and national level accrediting agencies, it is a healthcare destination of choice for both people in India and worldwide. World-class infrastructure, dedicated staff and a commitment for medical excellence are the USPs of this Global Hospital facility. The hospital has several achievements to its credit and continues to work on several pioneering procedures. Gleneagles Global Hospitals, a Parkway Pantai Enterprise: Gleneagles Global Hospitals is part of Parkway Pantai, a fully owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare. In India, Gleneagles Global Hospitals operates a chain of multi-super specialty hospitals offering tertiary and quaternary healthcare services with over 2,000 beds and state-of the-art, world-class hospitals in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai. A pioneer in kidney, liver, heart and lung transplants, Gleneagles Global Hospitals provides comprehensive multi-organ transplant services in the country.

Gleneagles Global Hospitals aims to strengthen and expand its leading market position as a destination for multi-organ transplant for patients from India, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. We are committed to further our aspiration of making quality health care more accessible to all.